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The very first thing i wanna tok about taiwan is the weather~~~ i'm pretty disappointed with the weather cos its hot, same as singapore, mayb nt tt hot, but its still hot... Except for the first 3 daes, the weather is cold, we had to hide under our sleeping bag when we slp, n for the rest of the dae, u'll sweat until u die if u slp in ur sleeping bag.. Actually i should've know it from the start cos its already end of spring going to summer, how cool can the weather get... but my overall in charge Bso (battalion signal officer, lta francis) told us tt the hottest temperature in taiwan will b ard 22 drgree C... Damnz, kena bluffed... haha~~~


mY tAiWaN iDeNtitY cArD
Okiez, enough of the weather, lets tok bout the accommodation... I'm quite okiez with the bunk, juz tt the spaces between the bed n the cupboards were too cramp,

tHe oPs fOrCe bLk, oUr bLoCk

tHe pAtHetIc nArRoW pAtH tt lEaDs tO mY bEd

oUr bEds, 4 bEds tOgEtHeR...
n i can't tahan the toilet, damnz smelly, even when u have the feeling to go toilet to do big business, u'll have to think twice, mayb thrice... There are bins for us to throw the used toilet papers cos the toilet bowls r too lousy n weak to flush down the toilet papers.. Imagine when the 100 plus ppl use the toilets n the used toilet paper accumulate, the smell gets stronger, u smell liaoz sure vomit until u faint one lo... luckily got ppl complaint, den they banned toilet papers, n ppl gotta wash instead.

The 1st few daes were so sianz, our only activity other than those strenuous sports like soccer n basketball is dai dee... in the morning after area cleaning we play dai dee until lunch, after lunch we play dai dee until dinner, after dinner we play dai dee until late night... haha... of cos we wun juz purely play dai dee, we play punishments oso... i remember i did 1000++ pumpings in a dae n water punishments is the main game, as the bet got bigger from 1/4 bottle to 2 bottles, more n more ppl joined us, even ps jimmy n sgt vj... haha, we wanted them to drink... n i drank more than 6 bottles...

Another place which we always visit is the canteen. Say wanna save up the money for rnr but we kept spending money on food from canteen, cos the 鸡扒 (chicken cutlet) n tian bu la r juz simply irresistible, especially when wu xiang fen n la jiao fen is added, keep mi drooling...

Back in singapore, we were told tt the fieldcamp is juz 4 daes, but when the real thing comes, we had to stay outfield for 8 daes... we felt tt we were being cheated, we have nv been to fieldcamp for so long b4, imagine 8 daes cannot bathe, yucks.. Actually i dun mind if the weather is cool, but its hot n i'm a person who sweat alot... the feeling sux sia... Imagine u have to eat combat ration for the 8 daes, who will wan to eat?? tts y we spent alot of money on the ninja van,


tHe nInJa vAn, wHiCh iS oSo cALLeD "xIaO mI fEnG"

Look aT tHe fOOd tHe nInJa vAn uNcLe iS cOOkInG, SiLiVa dRiPPiNg LiAoZ
again its ji pa n tian bu la, plus the delicious chicken burger... out of the 6000NT, i spent 4000NT on food b4 rnr... N i realised taiwanese reallie like to drink tea/milk tea, everywhere u go, u'll find tea/milk tea...

The mission sux lo, we were supposed to b enemy, relax n easy, but we fought like as if we r the troopers... Being able to b in a section is my dream, at 1st they kept asking mi to do those runners' job, i tot i was going to become runner again, luckily wai leong took over my place... Some of us were choosen to go outfield one dae earlier to support the ADF ppl n the whole alpha team was choosen. Its nt fair lo, but none of us made any noise. N i think See kok long regretted nt making any objection cos he lost his wallet during this outfield. All his NT n singapore $ gone, luckily his passport n ID were with mi. We suspected parrot (hisyam) cos he was sleeping on where we settled down initially. He kept taking out 1000NT notes to buy things, its strange cos he nv bring alot of money n even borrowed money from glendon, but wat to do, we cannot accuse him, we have no evidence. N our 1st mission is on top of a cemetry, scary...




I muz admit tt Guards reallie fight very lousily, cos they came from 2 opposite direction, i oso muz admit tt this wae we died fast cos we were stuck in the middle, but they oso lost cos they can kill one another by firing from opposite direction. Mayb they juz finished their ATEC tts y theyhave no mood to fight, but come to think of it, they oso din do well in sinapore when we were oso the enemy for one of their exercise.


aFtEr tHe LoNg fIeLdCaMp... mArCo n bSo, sIr fRaNcIs

mArCo n sIr cOLiN, cAn u BeLiEvE hE's yOuNgEr tHaN mI...

I reallie dunnoe wat BSO wans from mi...1stly when the whole alpha were doing the vehicle patrol, he pulled mi out from the team saying he wanted mi to follow him to do the OP thing, but mi ended up in recce team, different team with him... 2ndly, when sgt vj chose mi to b in his section to go fight the last mission, BSO pulled mi out again saying tt he wants mi to b in his section, but in the end i ended up in the reserve team. Even sgt vj oso sonfused wat BSO wans. I noe mayb he wans mi to relax, dun wan mi to do those siong things, but like tt he gimme a feeling he's doubting my fighting skill lo... Altho the whole thing was quite tiring, but we managed to make some taiwanese ah bing ge frenz...


tHe 1 sIr eNeMy tEaM

Rnr is something we were waiting for, cos is free n easy meaning its uncontrolled. The hotel fee was paid by saf n we had to pair up to share a hotel room. Actually wanted ah zai to share the room with mi but in the end i had to share the room with ah seng cos the list stated so n we weren't allowed to change partners, juz in case we nit to pay for anything extra, the ic has to take charge. The 1st thing i did when i reached my hotel room was to check on the tv channels, haha, u guyz guess wat i was trying to do larz, haha....

tAkEn b4 wE lEaVe pOh Li cAmP... wItH mY fELLow rUnnEr fReN fRoM cHaRLiE, kAiKai

iN hOtEl b4 wE gO sHoPPiNg, mArCo n kOk LoNg

We were lost on the 1st dae. We din noe where to go with juz a english map where the sign boards were all in chinese. Luckily we asked the ah bing ge about gao xiong, n we knew about 2 places tt we can go. We went to "Han sheng shopping centre" n a place called "xin jue jiang".


"Ai hE" (LoVe rIvEr) wHeRe cOuPlEs gO...

"Han sheng" is a place like our Takashimaya where the things r very expensive, its seems like its a place for those taitai. We had our lunch n left tt place. "xin jue jiang" is place like our bugis street, where all the youngster gather n nice nice clothes r sold. The whole street were playing Jolin, Fir n jay chou's songs... I realised something, they dun sell pirated cds... There were quite alot of arcades, n the basketball game is quite popular over there, i spent almost 200NT playing it, whereas ah seng n peh spent 300NT each trying to catch soft toys. We lost our wae while trying to walk back, spent about 2 hrs walking one big round around tt messy city... haha... Initially we wanted to take a walk at the "Liu he ye shi", but after the 2 hrs walk, we got tired n decided to head back to hotel to rest. N our only night juz ended like tt, no night life no anything.


"HaN sHeNg" sHoPPiNg cEnTrE

oN tHe stReeT aT "XiN jUe JiAnG", eh... a sUppOrt gUy (i dUnNoE hIs nAmE, haha) n kOk LoNg

The nex dae we woke verey early to do our last min shopping. I managed to buy 2 bermudas n some t-shirts, earrings... m Seng managed to catch a big softtoy after spending so much money on tt machine... We tried some of the food, "chou tou fu" is one them i muz mention, cos it sux... When i walked pass the stall selling it, i smelled the aroma n felt like vomitting, the smell is gone when i hold it n smell but when i put it in my mouth n bite it, the smell came back, n i vomitted out. It smell like those smell from rubbish centre lo, i rinsed my mouth with lime juice, haha... n The pathetic city doesn't sell their "tu chan", we regretted nt buying any when we stopped at the "tu chan" shop on our wae to Gao xiong. Anywae we managed to get some "tu chan" at Gao xiong airport.


mArCo n wEiKaNg aT gAoxIoNg aIrPoRt

Overall i quite enjoy the trip, but i'll enjoy more if i have more money... haha... n guyz, sorrie ar, din have enough money to get something for u guyz, sorrie...